2:16 AM,
Jun. 8, 2013

Ashley Jennings sits next to her upcycled table at her Reno home on June 6, 2013.

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Ashley Jennings' southwest Reno home is filled with pieces of furniture she has refurbished, though you'd never know it. Pieces like the dining room table, an end table, even the fireplace have been given new life with paint and sandpaper.

"Upcycling," Jennings said, is taking something that currently exists that maybe isn't your style and redoing it to make it something else. For example, her coffee table, which has been painted and refinished, has a completely different look than the polished, furniture-showroom look it had previously.